<p>The way to choose an art history program is to choose professors with whom you’d like to work, then apply to the schools at which they teach. How do you know you’d like to work with someone? Ask yourself the following questions: 1) Are they an expert in your field of interest? 2) Do you enjoy reading their scholarship? 3) Schedule an interview with them - do you hit it off? 4) Is their emphasis of interest to you? For example, if the professor writes/studies everything from a feminist perspective, and that is of interest to you, it might be a problem.</p>
<p>While I, personally, wanted to select a school near a major city, it’s possible that the program for you just might not be in an urban area. One school I know of which is in the middle of nowhere organizes annual museum field trips for its students. And the size of the museum isn’t necessarily a consideration, if they have the materials that you can study from.</p>
<p>I know nothing about archaeology, but Bryn Mawr seems to have a program that incorporates art history and archaeology, although each department is autonomous: [Bryn</a> Mawr College: Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics, and History of Art](<a href=“http://www.brynmawr.edu/gradgroup/]Bryn”>http://www.brynmawr.edu/gradgroup/)</p>
<p>I have never searched for graduate degrees in overlapping fields, but you could try. Most field are so entrenched in their own ways of doing things that you might have to get two graduate degrees if you really want to study both.</p>